Police blotter - Oct. 13, 2011

Information from the public safety column comes from the records of the Lake Oswego Police Department. Police recently filed reports on the following incidents:

Note to readers: This is an abridged version of the Lake Oswego blotter. For the full log, including arrests, please see the print edition of your local newspaper.

BURGLARY

10/4/11 11:15 a.m. A resident of Westview Drive came home to an open garage and found that $1,500 worth of his valuables, including a Dell 6000 computer and miscellaneous clothing, were missing.

ACCIDENTS

10/4/11 12:35 p.m. A 28-year-old driver was charged with reckless driving and attempting to elude police in a wild excursion on Boones Ferry Road.

10/5/11 4:39 p.m. A pedestrian was cited for failing to yield to a driver on Carman Drive.

10/9/11 12:52 a.m. More than $1,500 in damage was done to a 2000 Lexus in a hit-and-run accident on Longfellow Avenue and Wayzata Court.

10/10/11 8:29 a.m. Three vehicles collided on Lords Lane but injuries were avoided.

THEFT

10/3/11 11:56 a.m. A five-gallon can of gas was stolen from a site on North Shore Road.

10/4/11 5:25 p.m. A Buddha statue was stolen from an apartment on North Shore Road.

10/5/11 1:06 p.m. A scotch lover took two bottles of scotch from a liquor store.

10/6/11 4:18 p.m. A Magellan GPS device was stolen from a 2007 Chevy on Kelok Road.

10/10/11 10:45 a.m. Gas was stolen from a vehicle on Blazer Trail.

10/10/11 2:32 p.m. A bench was stolen from in front of PCA Health and Safety, and gas was taken from a vehicle parked nearby on Jean Road.

MISC.

10/3/11 12:20 p.m. A daughter on probation for drug possession is not at home, but items for making meth were found in her room.

10/3/11 1:50 p.m. A female driver was observed smoking marijuana as she cruised down Jefferson Parkway.

10/3/11 6:45 p.m. A wacko on a motorcycle nearly ran down a woman walking her dog on Jefferson Parkway.

10/3/11 8:04 p.m. Two 13-year-old clients are harassing other clients at a youth facility.

10/4/11 4:17 p.m. A 13-year-old client of a youth facility was sent to a juvenile detention center after choking a staff member.

10/4/11 4:52 p.m. Worried parents were searching for their 7-year-old son after he missed getting on the school bus. However, they found him at home. The boy had neglected to tell them he had not gone to school.

10/4/11 7:42 p.m. An 18-year-old boy went out of control and ransacked his house, then jumped out the second floor window. He was taken to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.

10/5/11 1:30 p.m. A woman who just paid a deposit on a rental residence was chagrined to learn that others were still looking at the same house.

10/5/11 4:10 p.m. A mother wanted officers to give her son a stern talking-to to reinforce the message that doing drugs is unacceptable behavior.